James 1:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Neither let that man thinke that hee shall receiue any thing of the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes. 4 Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednesse: ye shall not fast as ye doe to day, to make your voyce to be heard aboue.

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    4And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & entier, lacking nothing.

    5If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.

    6But let him aske in faith, and wauer not: for hee that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the winde, and caried away.

  • Jas 1:8
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    8A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.

  • Jas 1:12-13
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    12Blessed is ye man, that endureth tentation: for when he is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him.

    13Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

  • Jas 4:2-3
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    2Ye lust, and haue not: ye enuie, and desire immoderately, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not.

    3Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.

  • Jas 1:20
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    20For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.

  • John 3:27
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    27Iohn answered, and saide, A man can receiue nothing, except it be giuen him fro heauen.

  • Jas 1:16-17
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    16Erre not, my deare brethren.

    17Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • Jer 17:5-6
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    5Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and withdraweth his heart from the Lord.

    6For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.

  • Jas 1:22-24
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    22And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues.

    23For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.

    24For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was.

  • Gal 6:7
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    7Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape.

  • Matt 7:7-8
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    7Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you.

    8For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

  • Mark 11:24
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    24Therefore I say vnto you, Whatsoeuer ye desire when ye pray, beleeue that ye shall haue it, and it shalbe done vnto you.

  • Matt 21:22
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    22And whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer, if ye beleeue, ye shall receiue it.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For vnto him that hath, shall it be giuen, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away, euen that he hath.

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    7For who separateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? If thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

  • 2 Cor 8:12
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    12For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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    6But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.

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    7Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.

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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.

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    36In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.

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    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

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    12But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

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    11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

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